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The role of radiological assistant during the examination of thyroid gland by methods of nuclear medicine
Ujhelyiová, Alena ; Vlček, Petr (advisor) ; Táborská, Kateřina (referee)
The topic of this paper is the examination of the thyroid gland by utilizing the methods of nuclear medicine. Its primary focus is on activities of the radiologist assistant in the course of such examination. In the introductory chapter, the paper explains the scope of nuclear medicine. The second chapter addresses the fundamental anatomy of the thyroid gland. Specifically, it describes the common form, placement, size and mass of the thyroid gland, its elemental parts, structure, function and basic physiological processes. The chapter on clinical picture describes the most common diseases linked to the thyroid gland. The frequency, incidence and causes of such diseases are addressed. The fourth chapter addresses the application of nuclear medicine methods in thyroidology. It describes how the application of nuclear medicine has evolved in time and how nuclear medicine and its methods are applied at present. The opening section of the fifth chapter describes the requirements of the basic legislative document governing peaceful applications of the nuclear energy, the socalled Atomic Law. Further, scintillation camera and its parts are described in this chapter as the most common visualization apparatus. The chapter on examination addresses the basic classification of examination procedures. The thyroid gland...
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